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- ========================== Contents of Disk 290 ==========================
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- This is disk 290 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library.
- Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents.
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- DPlot A simple display program for experimental data, with the
- goals of supporting paging through lots of data and
- providing comfortable scaling and presentation. This is
- version 2.0, an update to version 1.0 on disk 237, and
- incorporates several significant enhancements. Binary
- only.
- Author: A. A. Walma
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- IPC An IPC (Inter-Process Communication) package, with the
- goal of creating a standard for IPC on the Amiga that
- is flexible enough to handle the widest possible range
- of applications. The protocol used addresses different
- problem areas than ARexx, and emphasizes different aspects
- of the communication process, such as fast communication
- and preservation of data structure. Includes source.
- Author: Pete Goodeve and Peter da Silva
-
- KillReq A small program which disables Intuition's AutoRequest
- function. In particular, this prevents AmigaDOS from
- putting up system requesters, which is useful if you are
- operating your Amiga remotely and can't use the mouse to
- click CANCEL. Unlike similar utilities which affect only
- a single CLI, KillReq disables ALL requesters. This is
- version 1.0 and includes C source.
- Author: Eddy Carroll
-
- Xicon Xicon lets you use icons to call up scripts containing CLI
- commands. This is version 2.5, an update to version 2.01
- on disk 157. New features include automatic selection of
- the correct execution directory, the option to have
- keyboard interaction, and the use of IF, ELSE, etc DOS
- commands. Binary only.
- Author: Pete Goodeve
-
- ========================== Contents of Disk 291 ==========================
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- This is disk 291 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library.
- Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents.
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- GMC A console handler with command line editing and function
- key support. GMC provides extended command line editing,
- function key assignment in four levels, extended command
- line history, online help for functions in the handler,
- and an iconify function. Version 4.0, binary only.
- Author: Gotz Muller
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- Keyboard Functions to translate RAWKEY Intuition messages into
- usable keycodes. Includes source.
- Author: Fabbian Dufoe
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- Sim A simulator for register-transfer nets, which are used to
- describe hardware systems. This version also provides
- a compiler to define new devices in addition to Sim's
- internal devices. This is version 4.2, an update to
- version 4.0 on disk 229. Binary only.
- Author: Gotz Muller
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- SKsh A ksh-like shell for the Amiga. Some of its features
- include command substitution, shell functions with
- parameters, aliases, local variables, local functions,
- local aliases, powerful control structures and tests,
- emacs style line editing and history functions, I/O
- redirection, pipes, large variety of built-in commands,
- Unix style wildcards, Unix style filename conventions,
- filename completion, and coexistence with scripts from
- other shells. Very well documented. Version 1.2, an
- update to version 1.0 on disk 279, where it was called
- ash. Binary only.
- Author: Steve Koren
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- ========================== Contents of Disk 292 ==========================
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- This is disk 292 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library.
- Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents.
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- Devstat Assembly code example of locating and listing information
- about all mounted devices. Includes source.
- Author: Fabrice Lienhardt
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- FileRequest Assembly code example of a file requester. This is
- version 2.0, an update to version 1.0 on disk 173, where
- it was called FileSelect. New features include 3 speed
- scrolling of filenames and ghosting of unavailable
- devices. Includes source.
- Author: Fabrice Lienhardt
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- MultiPlot A package for making 2D plots conveniently. Tim Mooney
- wrote the original program, which was then enhanced by
- Alan Baxter with a nicer user interface, support for
- the PLT: device, and support for file conversions. Rich
- Champeaux and Jim Miller wrote the PLT: handler which
- emulates a plotter by accepting HP-GL commands, creating
- a raster image, then dumping it to any preferences supported
- graphics printer. This is version XLN and includes source
- to MultiPlot. Update to version 1.2 on disk 231, where it
- was called just "Plot". This version is 2D only.
- Author: Alan Baxter, Tim Mooney, Rich Campeaux, Jim Miller
-
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- ========================== Contents of Disk 293 ==========================
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- This is disk 293 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library.
- Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents.
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- ClockDJ A utility which combines a clock, mouse accelerator,
- screen blanker, window manipulator, function keys, and
- macros into a single program, written in assembly
- language for maximum efficiency. Includes an ARexx
- port. Version 4.07, binary only.
- Author: David Jenkins
-
- CrcLists Complete CRC check files for disks 001-292 using the brik
- program. These were made directly from my master disks.
- I have switched to brik, from the crc program used to make
- the lists on disks 133, 146, and 173, because it has more
- features and because source is available. This is an
- update to the lists on disk 233.
- Author: Fred Fish
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- ========================== Contents of Disk 294 ==========================
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- This is disk 294 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library.
- Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents.
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- DNet A link protocol that provides essentially an unlimited
- number of reliable connections between processes on
- two machines, where each end of the link can be
- either an Amiga or a Unix (BSD4.3) machine. Works
- on the Amiga with any EXEC device that looks like the
- serial.device. Works on UNIX with tty and socket
- devices. Achieves better than 95% average throughput
- on file transfers. This is version 2.10.13, an update
- to version 2.0 released on disk 220. Includes sources
- for both the Amiga and Unix versions.
- Author: Matt Dillon
-
- FmsDisk A file based trackdisk simulator, useful for creating
- a floppy-like partition on your hard disk (so you can
- diskcopy to a floppy) without actually having to create
- a special partition for it. Also useful for testing
- new filesystems and such. Supports up to 32 units,
- with either the old filesystem or the new fast filesystem.
- Includes source.
- Author: Matt Dillon
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- ========================== Contents of Disk 295 ==========================
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- This is disk 295 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library.
- Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents.
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- GnuGrep The grep program from the GNU project. Replaces grep
- fgrep, egrep, and bmgrep. Currently does not expand
- Amiga style wildcards, so if you wish to scan multiple
- files you will need to use it with a shell that does this
- for you. This is version 1.5, an update to version 1.3
- on disk 204. Includes source.
- Author: Many (see README file)
-
- Lhwarp A program which will read tracks directly from your floppy
- disk, compress them using adaptive huffman encoding, and
- output them to a file. The resulting file can be used by
- lhwarp to reconstruct an image of the original disk. This
- is version 1.03 and includes source.
- Author: Jonathan Forbes
-
- MandelMountains
- A program that renders three-dimensional images of
- blowups of the Mandelbrot set. Includes several example
- images. Version 1.1, shareware, binary only.
- Author: Mathias Ortmann
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- ========================== Contents of Disk 296 ==========================
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- This is disk 296 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library.
- Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents.
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- Comal Demo of AmigaCOMAL (missing only SAVE), an incremental
- p-code compiler from Denmark. COMAL is a language with
- the design goal of combining the modern structured
- approach of Pascal with the ease of use and interactivity
- of BASIC. There are versions of COMAL for IBM, VAX, CP/M,
- C-64, Amiga and various European operating systems.
- Includes a complete turtle graphics package. Is perfect
- for education yet powerful enough for applications
- programming. Version 2.0, binary only.
- Author: Svend Daugaard Pedersen
- Freddy Dan Dalgas Kristiansen
-
- Patch A port of the very useful UNIX utility which applies context
- diffs to text files to automatically update them. This is a
- port of version 2.0.1.6 (patch level 12), which Eric has
- dubbed Amiga version 1.0. It is an update to an earlier
- version on disk 129. Includes source.
- Author: Larry Wall, Amiga port by Eric Green
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- ========================== Contents of Disk 297 ==========================
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- This is disk 297 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library.
- Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents.
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- Clean A small program written in assembly code, to be used
- in conjunction with a cleaning disk, to clean your
- floppy drive heads. Version 1.0, includes source.
- Author: Dan Burris
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- DevKit A collection of C and ARexx language programs to
- facilitate the software development process. With
- DevKit, you can launch your compiler from within your
- editor, have the cursor positioned on your errors, look
- up the autodoc page for any Amiga function at a single
- keystroke, find a system structure within the include
- files, or find any function in the code you are writing.
- Version 1.2, includes source.
- Author: Peter Cherna
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- Elements Very nice interactive display of the the Periodic Table
- of Elements. Can display a large amount of pertinent
- data about a selected element along with a good deal of
- general and miscellaneous info. This is version 1.3,
- an update to version 1.2a on disk 253. It adds a non-
- interlace mode and extend selection of two elements.
- Binary only, shareware.
- Author: Paul Thomas Miller
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- Hypno A "bouncing polygons" type program like Mackie, LineArt,
- and Bezier. Includes source in C.
- Author: Markus Schmidt
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- Jed A nicely done, intuition-based editor that is quite
- user-friendly. Features word-wrap, auto-indent, newcli,
- alt buffer, split-window, keyboard macro, help, printing,
- and more. This is version 1.1, an update to version 1.0
- on disk 180. Shareware, binary only.
- Author: Dan Burris
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- SuperMenu An information display system you can use to quickly and
- easily display text files (and sections of text files) with
- the press of a button. Version 1.62, shareware, binary only.
- Author: Paul Thomas Miller
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- WriteIcon Sample code that creates an icon using a compiled-in image,
- the source of which can be created with Icon2C on disk 56.
- Version 1.0, includes source in C.
- Author: Dan Burris
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- ========================== Contents of Disk 298 ==========================
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- This is disk 298 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library.
- Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents.
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- BBChampion This is BootBlockChampionIII, a very nicely done program
- that allows you to load, save, and analyze any bootblock.
- This is version 3.21, an update to version 3.1 on disk
- 244. New features include checks for five different LAMER
- viruses and some other enhancements. Binary only.
- Author: Roger Fischlin
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- DClock A "Dumb Clock" utility that displays the date and time in
- the Workbench screen title bar. Uses only about 2 percent
- of the CPU time and about 10Kb of memory. Also has an
- alarm clock feature and audible beep for programs that
- call DisplayBeep. Version 1.5, includes source.
- Author: Olaf Barthel
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- Fenster A program which can operate on windows owned by another
- program, to close them, change their size, refresh gadgets,
- move the window to the background, etc. This is version
- 2.0, an update to version 1.0 on disk 245. Includes source.
- Author: Roger Fischlin
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- FileMaster A file editor like NewZap or FedUp, which allows you to
- manipulate bytes of a file. You may also change the file
- size or execute a patch. Version 1.11, includes source.
- Author: Roger Fischlin
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- ========================== Contents of Disk 299 ==========================
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- This is disk 299 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library.
- Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents.
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- Hangman A simple hangman program similar to one seen on some
- UNIX machines. Currently runs only from CLI. Includes
- source in C.
- Author: Gary Brant
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- Rxil An ARexx interface library that makes it easy for programs
- to implement a complete, robust ARexx interface with
- minimal effort. Version 1.0, includes source.
- Author: Don Meyer
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- SceneGenDemo Demo of a program called Scene Generator, that generates
- very realistic looking landscapes. This program is an
- enhanced, low cost commercial version, of the Scenery
- program included on disk 155. This is version 2.03,
- binary only.
- Author: Brett Casebolt
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- Yacc This is a port of Berkeley Yacc for the Amiga. This
- Yacc has been made as compatible as possible with the
- AT&T Yacc, and is completely public domain. Note that
- it is NOT the so-called Decus Yacc, which is/was simply
- a repackaging of the proprietary AT&T Yacc. Amiga
- version 1.0a, includes source.
- Author: Bob Corbett, Amiga port by Eric Green
-